Review of \u3ci\u3eFlat Water: A History of Nebraska and Its Water\u3c/i\u3e Edited by Robert Kuzelka, Charles Flowerday, Robert Manley, Bradley Rundquist, and Sally Herrin

Read this volume if you want to know anything, nearly everything, about the history of water development in Nebraska. Robert Manley first began this book as a centennial history of the Nebraska State Irrigation Association, but he persuaded the editors of the need for a more inclusive treatment of Nebraska, which incidentally is an Omaha or Oto word meaning Broad, Flat Water. Over thirty contributors would write the articles, draw the maps, make the charts, and take the photographs that comprise this hefty undertaking. The production staff should take pride in everyone\u27s efforts